3070 Why haven't I heard anything about 3070s in a while?

[thepleasedonot]

Hi, first time poster and joined to ask this. I got my hands on a 3070 when it first came out. But after the release month I haven't heard anything about this model. Is it just so average in all ways it's in a limbo? 

[IkeaGnome]

It's a 2 year old mid range graphics card. How long did you hear about the 970, 1070 or 2070 for? What were you hoping to hear about them?

[thepleasedonot]

Just now, IkeaGnome said:

It's a 2 year old mid range graphics card. How long did you hear about the 970, 1070 or 2070 for? What were you hoping to hear about them?

I really don't know, to be used in builds and feeling justified with my purchase.

[RONOTHAN##]

2 minutes ago, thepleasedonot said:

But after the release month I haven't heard anything about this model.

In what context? 

 

It's a fine card and everything, I recommend them on occasion, it's just not usually a card that makes a ton of sense. The 6700 XT or 3060 Ti are both usually much better values, and if you're gonna be going for a card above them, you might as well go for a 3080 instead since the prices on them have dropped so much. It's a good card, it's just not super interesting. It's not low enough end to recommend them to absolutely everyone like something like an RX 6600 XT, and it's not high end enough to be droop worth like a 3080 or 6900 XT. 

[thepleasedonot]

Just now, RONOTHAN## said:

In what context? 

 

It's a fine card and everything, I recommend them on occasion, it's just not usually a card that makes a ton of sense. The 6700 XT or 3060 Ti are both usually much better values, and if you're gonna be going for a card above them, you might as well go for a 3080 instead since the prices on them have dropped so much. It's a good card, it's just not super interesting. It's not low enough end to recommend them to absolutely everyone like something like an RX 6600 XT, and it's not high end enough to be droop worth like a 3080 or 6900 XT. 

In the context you said here. I guess I just found a middle ground between everything and bought when/what I could. 

[IkeaGnome]

2 minutes ago, thepleasedonot said:

I really don't know, to be used in builds and feeling justified with my purchase.

Does it do what you want with it? Are you happy with it? Then who cares what reviewers aren't doing with a 2 year old card anymore?

https://pcpartpicker.com/builds/#g=494

128 pages of 3070 builds on PCPP.

https://pcpartpicker.com/builds/#g=425

84 pages of 2070 builds on PCPP. Does that help?

[thepleasedonot]

1 minute ago, IkeaGnome said:

Does it do what you want with it? Are you happy with it? Then who cares what reviewers aren't doing with a 2 year old card anymore?

https://pcpartpicker.com/builds/#g=494

128 pages of 3070 builds on PCPP.

https://pcpartpicker.com/builds/#g=425

84 pages of 2070 builds on PCPP. Does that help?

Yeah it does, I just haven't browsed those forms. Thank you  

[RONOTHAN##]

Just now, thepleasedonot said:

In the context you said here. I guess I just found a middle ground between everything and bought when/what I could. 

If you bought it at release, it was a pretty good decision, mostly because it was the only card you could realistically get your hands on. I wouldn't feel bad about it or anything. 

[IkeaGnome]

Just now, thepleasedonot said:

Yeah it does, I just haven't browsed those forms. Thank you  

Just to add a bit to @RONOTHAN##. The 3070 isn't bad. There was a time where pricing on it made a lot of sense to go for. That time not being now doesn't make it a bad card. Reviewers not doing reviews 2 years later doesn't make it a bad card. Reviewers got their money from the card and moved on.

[murph0981]

1 hour ago, IkeaGnome said:

It's a 2 year old mid range graphics card. How long did you hear about the 970, 1070 or 2070 for? What were you hoping to hear about them?

See that’s weird af became I still hear about the 1660 which is a dedicated mid range card.

[IkeaGnome]

58 minutes ago, murph0981 said:

See that’s weird af became I still hear about the 1660 which is a dedicated mid range card.

3050 and 6400xt have kept that one very relevant as a new low end card.

[Mick Naughty]

4 hours ago, murph0981 said:

See that’s weird af became I still hear about the 1660 which is a dedicated mid range card.

What people can afford  tends to be a majority. Thus prolly talked about more. And most of them are prolly looking to upgrade.